pCAIRO ? Millions of Egyptians turned out to vote Saturday on the second and final day of a national referendum on a new constitution that would deepen the influence of Islamic law in their country./pp...

Egypt's Vice-President Mahmoud Mekki resigns, the latest political upheaval as polls close in the controversial referendum on a new constitution.

pCAIRO ? Egypt?s Islamist-dominated constitutional convention began voting Thursday on the 230 articles of the nation?s draft charter, a move that could inflame a political crisis touched off last week...

pThe choice of a successor to Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state has turned into an unexpectedly nasty political fight that could cost the White House valuable goodwill with Republicans./ppa ...

p/pMohamed Morsi, the engineer and Muslim Brotherhood ally who became Egypt's first-ever democratically elected president this year and who last week sent his country's political system into chaos by g...

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pCAIRO ? Egyptian opposition forces rallied across the country Tuesday in the biggest show of dissent against the country?s first democratically elected leader since he precipitated a political crisis ...

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p/pOn Thursday, when Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi granted himself sweeping powers that put him above oversight of any kind, a move he says is necessary to push through much-needed reforms, it set ...